Member
Rada LAYKOVA
ESN · Bulgaria
Record
The member’s figures against the median of their group and of the chamber. Each vote counts the member in the group they belonged to that day.
Roll-call participation ⓘ
83.0 %
4 921 of 5 928 roll calls while in office
ESN median: 91.3 % (−8.3 pts)
Chamber median: 90.2 %
With majority line ⓘ
95.1 %
4 672 of 4 914 votes where their group had a line
ESN median: 94.6 % (+0.5 pts)
52 opposite (for ↔ against), 70 abstained against the line, 27 voted for or against when the line was to abstain
Data as a table
| Figure | Participation |
|---|---|
| Rada LAYKOVA | 83.0 % |
| ESN median | 91.3 % |
| Lowest in the group | 68.6 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.0 % |
| Members | 27 |
Data as a table
| Figure | With majority line |
|---|---|
| Rada LAYKOVA | 95.1 % |
| ESN median | 94.6 % |
| Lowest in the group | 70.6 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.6 % |
| Members | 27 |
- Whole term, 5 928 roll-call votes. The dots are the other members of ESN; no ranks.
- “No vote recorded” is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
- A group’s line is inferred from its members’ votes — Parliament publishes no whip.
Every roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.
| Date | Decision and vote | Result | Position | Majority line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Nov 2025 | Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements Amendment 353 to Article 2 | 186 for, 459 against, 2 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements Proposal to reject the text | 105 for, 529 against, 5 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Referral back to committee | 409 for, 221 against, 7 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction Final vote | Passed 454 for, 172 against, 19 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Final vote | Passed 379 for, 248 against, 10 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 48 to recital 9 | 222 for, 418 against, 4 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 11, adding text after recital 8 — part 2 | 376 for, 248 against, 13 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 11, adding text after recital 8 — part 1 | 494 for, 128 against, 18 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 60 to recital 6 | 220 for, 413 against, 5 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 55, adding text after recital 3 | 165 for, 398 against, 80 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 57 to recital 3 | 231 for, 398 against, 14 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 38 to Article 1 — part 2 | 375 for, 242 against, 20 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 38 to Article 1 — part 1 | 551 for, 65 against, 25 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 56 to Article 1 | 211 for, 412 against, 19 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 53 to Article 1 | 161 for, 405 against, 78 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 68 to Article 1 | 211 for, 411 against, 22 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 45 to Article 1 | 52 for, 564 against, 12 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 44 to Article 1 | 69 for, 529 against, 32 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 67 to Article 1 | 241 for, 385 against, 12 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 66 to Article 1 | 239 for, 388 against, 12 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Separate vote on Article 1 | 406 for, 222 against, 8 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 43 to Article 1 | 44 for, 584 against, 8 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 42 to Article 1 | 74 for, 557 against, 6 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 65 to Article 1 | 216 for, 400 against, 28 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 14 to Article 1 — part 2 | 384 for, 242 against, 13 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 14 to Article 1 — part 1 | 506 for, 123 against, 11 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Separate vote on Article 1 | 378 for, 244 against, 14 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 41 to Article 1 | 45 for, 581 against, 7 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 51 to Article 1 | 217 for, 416 against, 8 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 64 to Article 1 | 221 for, 413 against, 7 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 58 to Article 1 | 278 for, 348 against, 14 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 63 to Article 1 | 226 for, 395 against, 12 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 62 to Article 1 | 223 for, 399 against, 7 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 50 to Article 1 | 220 for, 415 against, 8 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Separate vote on Article 1 | 406 for, 221 against, 14 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendments 49 + 61 (voted as one) to Article 1 | 221 for, 407 against, 9 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 39 | 512 for, 118 against, 14 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 36 | 512 for, 122 against, 5 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 31 | 517 for, 102 against, 17 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 26 | 540 for, 82 against, 21 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 17 | 547 for, 88 against, 7 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendments by the committee responsible — put to the vote collectively — Ams 1-10, 13, 18-25, 27-30, 32-35, 37, 40 | 396 for, 229 against, 16 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Proposal to reject the text | 234 for, 399 against, 5 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Addressing transnational repression of human rights defenders Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 512 for, 76 against, 52 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Proxy voting in plenary for Members during pregnancy and after giving birth Final vote — text as a whole | 605 for, 30 against, 5 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Addressing transnational repression of human rights defenders Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 4 | 315 for, 202 against, 119 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Abstained |
| 23 Oct 2025 | Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in Uzbekistan Paragraph 71 — part 2 | 374 for, 149 against, 34 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 23 Oct 2025 | Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in Uzbekistan Paragraph 71 — part 1 | 439 for, 100 against, 29 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 23 Oct 2025 | Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in Uzbekistan Paragraph 67 — part 2 | 363 for, 173 against, 28 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 23 Oct 2025 | Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in Uzbekistan Paragraph 67 — part 1 | 473 for, 51 against, 43 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
Roll-call participation
One cell per sitting while in office, shaded by the share of that day’s roll calls the member voted in. The official attendance register is kept separately by Parliament.
"No vote recorded" is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
Data as a table
Voting neighbours
Members who voted the same way most often in the roll calls they both took part in, within and outside the member’s group (group at the date of each vote), over all roll calls of the term.
Work
Seats in committees, delegations and intergroups, and the dossiers the member leads, shadows or negotiates.
Seats
| Body | Role | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Committee on Economic and Monetary AffairsECON Committee | Member | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer ProtectionIMCO Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)DASE Delegation | Member | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
| Delegation for relations with Central AsiaDCAS Delegation | Substitute | 3 Oct 2024 | now |
| Delegation for relations with the United StatesD-US Delegation | Substitute | 19 Sept 2024 | 2 Oct 2024 |
Dossiers
Topics they work on (model-assigned)
- Economy & single market 26
- Justice, rule of law & rights 6
- EU budget & funds 5
- Foreign affairs 5
- EU institutions & Parliament 4
- Migration & asylum 4
- Digital, AI & data 3
- Defence & security 2
- Health 2
- Jobs, social affairs & equality 2
- Transport & tourism 2
- Climate & environment 1
- Energy 1
- Trade & customs 1
Counts: dossiers they spoke on, led or amended, and their questions and motions.
In the chamber
Speeches and statements in plenary debates, newest first; the verbatim report is on Parliament’s site.
30 contributions recorded; 12 on behalf of their group; 46 minutes of speaking time.
| Date | Debate | Kind | Verbatim |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Sept 2026 | Hybrid attacks against the EU Member States (joint debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 7 Jul 2026 | Presentation of the Action Plan on Cybersecurity and AI (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 6 Jul 2026 | Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025 (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 16 Jun 2026 | An EU future for the Western Balkans (joint debate) | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Achieving digital sovereignty and resilience for Europe, in light of recent developments affecting access to advanced AI technologies (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Achieving digital sovereignty and resilience for Europe, in light of recent developments affecting access to advanced AI technologies (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Financial literacy and the rise of finfluencers in the context of the savings and investments union (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 10 Mar 2026 | European Semester (joint debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Single Market: how to move from an incomplete single market to one market for one Europe (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 9 Feb 2026 | European Central Bank – annual report 2025 (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Presentation of the European Affordable Housing Plan (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report 2024 (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Stepping up funding for Ukraine’s reconstruction and defence: the use of Russian frozen assets (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Time to complete a fully integrated Single Market: Europe’s key to growth and future prosperity (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Taxation of large digital platforms in the light of international developments (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 8 Jul 2025 | Bulgaria's adoption of the euro on 1 January 2026 (A10-0113/2025 - Eva Maydell) (vote) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Digital Markets, Digital Euro, Digital Identities: economical stimuli or trends toward dystopia (topical debate) | Speech · 4 min | Read |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Frozen Russian assets (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 10 Mar 2025 | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 10 Feb 2025 | European Central Bank – annual report 2024 (debate) | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 22 Jan 2025 | Addressing EU demographic challenges: towards the implementation of the 2023 Demography Toolbox (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 18 Dec 2024 | Restoring the EU’s competitive edge – the need for an impact assessment on the Green Deal policies (topical debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 13 Nov 2024 | Fight against money laundering and terrorist financing: listing Russia as a high-risk third country in the EU (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 24 Oct 2024 | Closing the EU skills gap: supporting people in the digital and green transitions to ensure inclusive growth and competitiveness in line with the Draghi report (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 22 Oct 2024 | Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 22 Oct 2024 | Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 22 Oct 2024 | Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 8 Oct 2024 | Outcome of the Summit of the Future: transforming global governance for building peace, promoting human rights and achieving the sustainable development goals (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 17 Sept 2024 | The future of European competitiveness (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
Questions and motions, 26
Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.
Amendments tabled in committee, 6
Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.
| Date | Text amended | Committee | Amendments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Dec 2025 | Establishment of the digital euro ECON-AM-781235 | ECON | 2 |
| 19 Dec 2025 | Legal tender of euro banknotes and coins ECON-AM-781237 | ECON | 16 |
| 19 Dec 2025 | Establishment of the digital euro ECON-AM-781499 | ECON | 1 |
| 19 Dec 2025 | Establishment of the digital euro ECON-AM-781500 | ECON | 9 |
| 19 Dec 2025 | Establishment of the digital euro ECON-AM-781501 | ECON | 7 |
| 11 Nov 2025 | European Central Bank – annual report 2025 ECON-AM-779370 | ECON | 35 |
Connections
Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.
Political group
- Group Europe of Sovereign Nations ESN · Far-right · ultranationalism
National delegation
- Delegation Bulgaria National delegation
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Data version
- data version 343d33dd3e67 (2 Oct 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1 · methods
- Retrieved
- 2 October 2026
Cite as
EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Rada LAYKOVA”. Member record. memberId 257262. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257262?page=65&speeches=all&vscope=all (retrieved 2 October 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/257262. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/257262?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version 343d33dd3e67 (2 Oct 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1.
BibTeX
@misc{epw-member-257262,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Rada LAYKOVA}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257262?page=65&speeches=all&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257262?page=65&speeches=all&vscope=all},
urldate = {2026-10-02},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Member record. memberId 257262. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/257262. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version 343d33dd3e67 (2 Oct 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1}
}